How fostering and deepening male friendship can aid wellbeing

In his academic and professional career Australian Clinical Psychologist Zac Seidler has focused on understanding men's mental health and masculinity, reducing male suicide and the benefits of mateship. Through his research, he advocates for a change in the way we think about treating men's distress, and also stresses the need to create mental health services that account for masculinity. This has lead to the groundbreaking training program Men in Mind for mental health clinicians, aimed at better understanding and responses to men's anguish and suicidality. Dr Seidler is currently the Director of Mental Health Training at Movember and a Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne.